Bottle-coolptg



BOTTLE COOLI NG DEVI CE Filgd April 17, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 0 M W0Maria/ye.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented dune 2%, I923.

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BOTTLEHOOOLING DEVICE.

Application filed April 1'2,

T 0 all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, Oscar: M. Vio'ormnnsn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State ofIndiana, have invented new and useful Improvements inBottle-CoolingDe--' vices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a bottle cooling device, and the object is toprovide, in connection with an ice chamber, means for rotatably mountinga bottle rack below the ice chambers, and in tank or chamber providedfor the purpose, so that the water re sulting from the melting ice willcome into contact with the bottles to be cooled, and. will collect inthe tank, permitting the bottles in the lower portion of the rack to beconstantly immersed'in cooling fluid.

A further object is to provide a dispens ing device especially adaptedfor cooling soft drinks in bottles, the bottles being readilyaccessible, and means being provided in the lower portion of the casing,for permitting of the examinationot the labels, as the bottle rack isrotated. c

A. still further object is to provide a ro-. ta-ting bottle rack whichshall include piv-y otally mounted bottle supporting elements, in theform of trays, maintaining their position by gravity, and being capableof each receiving a considerable number of bottles placed side by side.p a

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe novel construction and arrangement of elements described andclaimed, it being understood that modifications may bemade within thescope of the claims, without departing from. the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view ofthe device in side elevation;Figure 2 is a view in front elevation; Figure 3 is a verticallongitudinal section; Figure 4: is a. vertical section from anotherangle; Figure dis a detail view of one of the pivoted trays.

In the practical embodiment ofthe device, I provide a casing or cabinetincluding an upper portion 10, usually formed with double walls, andconstituting an ice box. This receptacle is provided with a. hinge orother form of cover, designated 12.

The casing further include a lower portion providing a chamber or tank14, in which the bottle rack is mounted and housed. This lower portionleis of greater cooled water resulting from the melting of mersed. Thelevel of the mined by the upper pipe connection 28, conraee. Serial a...553,457.

extending portion 15 oi thc closed under normal conditions by means ofdoors I'Tand 18 slidable with reference to each other, and eachconsisting or" a frame mounting a glass panel, through which the labelsof the bottles may be examined.

The "rotatable bottle rack includes a plurality of end members 20 and 21mounted on a shaft 22 having its bearings in the side walls of the lowerportion of the casing. The shaft and rack are rotated by means of any.suitable element, such mounted on one outer end of the shaft.

The rack isot such constructionthat it is of the least possiblediameter, the number of bottles to be For example, the diameter fifteeninches, eight pivotally mounted trays being provided, the length ofthetrays betortyrtour inches, in one standard size A number of bottles areplaced accommodated. may be about of cooler.

as that, shown at 23,

considering cross section than the upperportionl0, and i the casing isonly". partly side by side in each tray, and since the trays v areswingingly mounted on-rod or shaft 26, they willalways maintainsuchposition that thelabels will be visible as the rack is rotated.

Figures 4 and 5 show thatfthe trays are of V-shape in cross section,these view also showing the relation of the point of pivotal suspensionto the walls of thetrays,

permitting the bottles to stand directly on rack is being. rotated.

portion of the rack are directly beneath the ice chamber and thereforein the path of the the ice. The water'collects inthe tank and many ofthe bottles will therefore be imspaced relation extending between saideletheir ends, with all labels visible, while the water is deterv montsand connected therewith, the rods be ingparallel with the axis ofrotation, and

ceiving devices of trough-like formation,

vshaped in cross section and each mounted to swing on a horizontal axisduring the rotation of the rack, permitting the bottles to maintain agiven position with reference'to the bottle holding deviceby which theyare received, and permitting the inspection of the labels through saidopening of the lower chamber. i

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

OSCAR ii. woonniiinonf

